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SCREW MACHINE.

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' GEORGE E. NEWTON F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOB. TQ BRQWN &

SHARPE MANUF GTUBING COMPANY, Q1 PROVEENGE, RHODE ISLAND, A

"CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

SCREW-MACHINE;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1 1913.

Application filed October 18,1999. Serial lj'o. 5 2 3 ,14&,

' State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Screw- Machines; and I do hereby declare the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, fiorming a part ofthe same, to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The invention relates more particularly to that class of screw" machines in which a series of work-holding spindles is employed mounted in a turret, whereby several rods of stock may be simultaneously operated upon by a series of tools, and whereby by indexing said turret each rod of stock will be presented toand operated-upon by each of said tools successively. P

The object of the invention is to. simplify and improve. the construction and to in-v crease the capacity'and' output of machines of this class, and 'at'the same time to provide a machine which shall be fully auto.- matic in its operation and which may be readily adapted for the performance of a widerange of work.

Inmachines of the character referred to as heretofore constructed two driving shafts have been commonly employed, one for op,- erating certain portions of the machine, as for example rotating the work-spindles, and the other for operating other portions of the machines, as for example the cam-shaft, the tool-carriages, and the die-spindles. In suchmachines as ordinarily constructed no provision was made within the machine for varying the speed of thedifierent operating parts, but any change of speed involved a shitting, of the belts on the pulleys on the overhead counter-shafts.

In machines of this character there are two kinds of speed-changing which it is desirable should be provided for. Thus in some cases it desirable to change the speed of certain parts of the machine, as for example the. work-spindles, to adapt the machine to operate upon different materials,

such as iron or brass or upon work of dif-. ferent sizes. In such cases the change of speed is to be made in'settin up the ma chine for the particular wor to be done, and may therefore be done by hand. In

other cases it is desirable that the speed of 'certain parts of the machine, as for example the feed and return of the tool-carriage or the revolution oi the die spind le, should be efiected automatically during the operation of the machine.

.One object of the present invention is to. provide means within the machine itself for varying or changing the speed of the operating parts. In some. cases the change of speed; is tobe efiected by a hand operation and in other cases. is to be effected automatically during the operation of the machine.

To that end, one feature of the invention consists in the employmento;f a single constant speed driving shaftfo-r operating the entire machine, amid in therombmation with I Such shaft of a train of mechanism leadin therefrom to. the work-spindles with ham operated speed means in said train, an independent train of mechanism leading from said Shaft to. the cam-shaft, with both hand-operated speed changing means and automatically-o erated spec changingmeans therein, another iii pendent train of mechanism leading from said shaft to the die-s indles, with both a hand-operated speed c ngingmeans and automatically-operated; speed changing means therein.

A further feature of invention consists in leading the work-spindle train from the constant 3 eed driving shaft in advance. of the die-spindle train, with, separate speedchanging means in each of said, trains, the speedchanging means in the die-spindle train being located beyond the die spindleolutch.

A, f rther feature of invention consists in providing means whereby the indexing of the die-spindle turret is controlled by the longitudinal movement of the die-spindles.

A further feature of invention consists in providing means whereby the feed-lever may be automatically connected with each of the feed-tubes respectively, even if the feed-tube,is out of position to, be brought into engagement with said feed-lever by the indexing movement of the turret.

A further feature of, invention consists in providing an annular member located at the rear of the feed-tubes and adapted to serve as a guard for the rear ends of said feed-tubes and as a guide for determining the rearward movement thereof. I

A further feature of invention consists in providing a stop for limiting the forward movement of the rod of stock with means for moving said stop into and out of the path of said rod, said means being constructed 'to provide a relatively long dwell of said stop in the path of said rod.

A further feature of invention consists in employing two cross-slides carryin tools adapted to operate one on a rod 0 stock in one indexed position and the other on a rod of stock in another indexed position, with means for operating both of said crossslides from one and the same cam-drum.

The invention further consists in features of construction andin the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of themachine. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation.-.Fig. 3 is an end elevation on an enlarged scale looking at the right hand end of the machine, as shown in Fig. 1. Bi 4 is an end elevation on an enlarged scale looking at the left hand end of the machine, as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line ABC-D of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal section .on an enlarged scale of the upper ortion of the machine on the line EF of ig. 3. Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section on an enlarged scale on the line GHI J of Fi 2 looking toward the work-spindle end 0% the machine, with certain of the parts broken away. Fig. 8 is a vertical. transverse section on an enlarged scale on the line KL of Figs. 1 and 2 looking toward the work-spindle end 'of the machine. Figs. 9 to 12 inclusive are detail views of certain parts .of the machine.

Theframe 1 is provided at one end with a concave recess 2 in which the spindle-turret 3 is mounted, a cap 4 bein secured to the frame to complete the housmg for said turret, as shown in Fig. 8. As shown in the drawings, the machine is provided with four work-spindles 5, but the number of workspindles may be varied if desired. Each of said spindles is provided 'at its rear end with a gear 6, which gears mesh with a central gear 7 secured to the shaft 8 which extends axiallyxthrough the workspindle turret, said spindle-turret constituting the support .for said shaft at that end. At its opposite end said shaft 8 is supported in a bearing 9 and is provided at its-outer end with a gear 10. I v

Each of the spindles 5 is rovided with a suitable work-holding 'chuc 11,?and also with a feed-tube 12, which as' shown are of the usual construction and require no further description. Mounted on each of said spindles 5 is a sliding collar 13 provided with a groove 14 for opening and closing the jaws of the chuck 11 in the usual manner. The chuck-operating lever 15 is suitably mounted so that the projection 16 therefrom will enter the groove 14 in each of the collars 13 successively as the spindle-turret is indexed, whereby the chuck in each of said spindles may be opened and closed at the proper times by the operation of said lever 15.

Each of the feed-tubes 12 has secured thereto a collar provided with a groove 17.

In the present construction each of the fingers 17 adjacent said groove 17 are beveled for a purpose to be hereafter described. The means-for operating said feed-tubes consists of two levers 18 and 19 adjustably connected together, the construction being substantially the same as that shown and described in the patent to Gabriel, No. 786,353, said construction permitting adjustment to provide for different feeds as required. The lever 18 is provided with a pin or projection 20 mounted in a hub 20, said pin bein arranged to enter the grooves 17 in the co lars of the feed-tubes successively as the spindle-turret, is indexed so that each feed-tube may at the proper time be operated by said lever. The lever15 for operating the chucks is acted upon by the cam 21 on the cam-shaft 22, and the lever 19 for operating the feed-tubes is acted' upon by the cam 23 on said cam-shaft. v

- Instead of employing a fixed stop for limiting the forward movement of the rod of stock under the operation of the feed mechanism, a movable stop is employed, and the movement of this movable stopis controlled from the same cam-shaft that operates the feed mechanism. This movable stop 24 is best shown in Fig. 8, where said stop is shown as swung out of its operative position. Said stop 24 is operated from the rock-shaft 25 through a rock-arm 25, link 25*, rock-arm 25, and a short rock-shaft 25 to which said stop 24 is secured. Said rock-shaft 25 carries a rock-arm 26. This rock-arm 26 is provided at its free end with two angularly arranged extensions 27, 27 offset with relation to each other, one of said extensions carrying a roller 28, and the other carrying a roller 28. Secured to the camshaft 22 are two cams 29, 29, for actuating the rock-arm 26 and rock-shaft 25, the cam 29 being arranged to engage the roller 28 on the extension 27, and the cam 29 being arranged to engage the roller 28 on the extension 27'. As will be seen, the cam 29 will thus operate to move the stop 24 into position in front of a rod of stock, while the cam 29 will operate to move said stop back to its normal position. By thus employing two separate cams, one for moving other for .moving'said step in the Opposite direction, the time dfiring' which the .s'top is carised to remaiit; ih' positien in the path of the red of stock may baa-regulated as desired by properly shaping the respective-cams. It may thus insured that'th stop shall in all eases moved 'os'iti'on line with the rod of stock .be ere the feeding movement of said rod begins, and shall-be retained in that position until after the chuck-j a ws' haveclosed 'xpon the rod.

For indexing the work-spindle turret said turret is providedwith a gear 30 which meshes wit a'fl ihte'rihediate gear 31, which in turn meshes Witha'g'ear 32 on an intermediate shaft 38; v S'tiiii 'e't'l to said shaft adjacent the 321s gear 34 which meshes with a gear 35 oiigitso'rt intermittently rotating shaft 36, which shaft carries a sliding The workrspindle-eturret, aftereaeh index...

ing operation, islocked in position, but as said locking mechanism forms no part of the present invention, it has notbeen shown in entirety in the di-awihgs',v and will not need to be fully described. -It is to be litiderstood, however,- that the turret is provided with a series of recesses adapted to be siiecessively engaged by slacking-pin 42.

Said locking-pin is; acted-upon by a spring 43 tending to move said pinm a direction to enter one of the the Work.-

spindle turret. For withdrawing the lockmg pin the following means are provided Mounted on a s'tationaryshaft His a sleeve 45 carrying a rock-arm 46 which engages a slot 41 formed-hi1 the locking pin. Said sleeve 45' is also provided with a second rock-arm 48 which is arrange to' he acted upon by a cam 49 loosely mounted on a sleeve 50. Formed integgrl with the cam 49 is a sliding elntchmerit Jr 51 adapted to engage a clutch-member 52 formed on the gear 39, the construe tion being such that the clutch-member 51 and cam 49 slide w ether iii-throwing the clutch intoaiid ou't o fengagement. As will be seen, whenever the clntch member 51 is thrown into en agement with the continuous'ly rotating clutch member 52, the reek arm 46 will be operated by the cam 49 to' withdraw the locking pin.

It is desirable that the several operations required for presenting the rods of to the operation of the several tools, including both the feeding of the individual r ds and the indeiing' of the turret to present a given rod to successive/tools, shall take place successively at the proper times and in the proper order, and in the construction shown this result is secured by having the mechanism for performing one of the necessary operations set in motion the mechanism.

which tion.

The several operations involved consist in first unlocking the .wor k-spindle turret, then indexing said turret and locking the same, then opening the chuck-jaws, then feeding forward the rodof stock, then closing the jaws, and finally drawing back the feedtube. As this feature of the machine forms no part of the present invention, the same performs the next succeeding operaconstituting one of thefea tures of invention forming the subject of my pending application Serial No. 329,416, it will not be necessary to describe in detail the several. mechanisms for performing the successive operations re'ferredto or the manner in which one mechanism sets in motion the next following mechanism, but it will be sufficient to describe onlyso much of said mechanism as will make plain the construction and operation of the machine as a whole.

Referring to Figs. 2 and-5, the cam-shaft 53 extending crosswise of the machine is aprovidedwith a cam carried by the camdru'm 55 be hereafter more particularly referred to, which said cam engages and operates alever .56. This lever 56 is-provided with an inclined face 57 which engages a roll mounted on. the vlever 58 pivotally mounted on a stationary shaft A pin projecting from saidiever 58 enters a cam-groove in thesliding clutch-member 51 and acts to normally hold said clutch member out of engagement with the clutch member 52. When the cam 54 operates-to swing the lever 56 and thereby move the inclined face 57 beneath the roll. on the lever 58. said lever 58 is raised and the pin referred to thereby withdrawn from the cam-groove in-the sliding clutch member, which clutch member is then thrown into\engagement with the clutch member 52 by means of a spring acting thereon, which spring is not shown in the drawings. By the engagement of said'clutch members the cam 49 is thrown into operation, thereby. serving to operate Ill the rock-arm 46 to withdraw the locking pin 42. Secured to or formed integral with said cam 48 is a cam 6I arranged to act on a lever 62 secured to or formed integral with i is in turn controlled by the main cam-shaft,

. the operation of said indexing shaft 36 is primarily controlled by 'said cam-shaft 91 and is secondarily controlled by said unlocking mechanism.

The lever 58 is a spring-pressed lever, and as soon as the cam 54 has passed by so as to permit such movement, the action of the spring pressing on said lever 58 will, by the bearing of the roll carried by said lever on the inclined face 57, operate to move said inclined face'from beneath said roll and permit the pin which projects from the lever 58 to enter the cam-groove in the sliding clutch member 51. As said clutch member revolves, the cam in the groove thereof will. operate by engagement with the pin projecting from the lever 58, which constitutes a fixed abutment, to withdraw said clutch member 51 from the clutch member 52 and thus stop the rotation of the cams 49 and 61. It will be understood that said clutch member 51 and the cams 49 and 61 are thrown out when they have made one revolution.

' The next operations in sequence are the opening of the chuck-jaws, the feeding forward of the rod of stock, the closing of the chuck-jaws and the drawing back of the feed-tube, all of which operations are effected by cams on the cam-shaft 22. As the mechanisms for performing these several operations do not constitute any feature of the present invention, said mechanisms are not fully sliownin the drawings'and will not be described in detail, but reference will be made only to such parts of said mechanis ms as are shown, and which will be sufiicient for an understanding of the construction and operation of this part of the machine.

Loosely mounted on the shaft 44 is a gear 68 which meshes with the gear 39 and is thus continuously rotated. This gear is provided with a,clutch' member 69. Mounted to slide on the shaft 44 is a fellow clutch member 70 provided with a cam-groove and acted upon by a spring. This clutch-member 70 is provided wlth a gear 71 which meshes with a gear 71 secured to the cam-' shaft 22. Pivoted to a stud 72 is a lever 73 arianged to underlie the sliding clutch member 70 and provided with a pin (not shown) adapted to enter the cam-groove in the clutch-member 70. Said lever 73 is operated in one direction by a cam (not shown) on the shaft 33 and in the o' posite direction by a spring (likewise not s own), which sprin tends to move the pin on said lever into t e cam-groove on the clutchmember 70.' With this construction when the clutch-member 37 is thrown into opera-, tion and the shaft 33 thereby operated, the revolution of said shaft 33 w1ll, through the cam thereon above referred to but not shown, cause the lever 73 to be swung'downward and so as to withdraw the pin thereon from the cam-groove of the clutch member 70, thereby permitting said clutch member to be thrown by its spring into engagement with the clutch member 69, thus causing the clutch-member 70 to be rotated and causing a corresponding rotation of the cam-shaft 22. Thus the throwing. into operation of the clutch-member 37 for the purpose of indexing the turret in turn throws into operation the clutch-member 70 for the next succeeding operations, viz., the opening of the chuck-jaws, which isefiected by the cam 21, and the operation of the feed mechanism, which is effected by the cam 23, both on the cam-shaft 22. The proper operation of the feed mechanism with respect to the opening of the chuck-jaws is provided for by a proper timing of the cam 23 with relation. to the cam 21. c i

It is preferred to provide the gears 34 and 35 with devices for slowly and easily starting and stopping the turret in its indexing movement, and such devices are shown in Fig. 4 comprising a cam-lever 80 secured to the gea1f34 and adapted to engage pins 81 on the gear 35, a portion of the teeth of the gear 35 being removed to permit the operation of said cam-lever and pins in the mannerdescribed in the patent to Gabriel, No. 786,353.

Referring now to the arrangement and means for operating the several tools which are to operate upon the rods of stock, in stead of mounting all of said tools in a single carrier, three separate carriers are provided, viz the tool;carrier. 82, the diespindle carrier 92, and a third carrier 82, which in the construction shown is arranged 'to carry a single tool, such for example as a pointing tool. 'The tool-carrier 82 is mounted to slide on ways 83 formed on the bed-plate 83". This carrier 82 is provided with two tool-sockets 84 which are inline with two of the work-spindles 5,'viz., the two work-spindles at the left of the spindlet'urret axis, as shown in Fig. 8. The mechanism for advancing and retracting the toolcarrier 82 is as followsz'The tool-carrier is provided with a rack 85 arranged to be engaged by a gear-segment 86 formed on the end ofa lever 87 pivoted on a stud 88. Thelower end of the lever'87 is provided with cams 89 on the cam-drum 87 arranged to be acted upon by cams 89 on the cam-drum 90 secured to the cam-shaft 91. The tool-carrier 82 may be provided with any suitable tools for the erformance of the work in hand, and ordinarily will be rovided with two turning tools, one for t ing a rough ing cut and the other for taking a finishing cut.

The carrier 92 is especially designed for carrying dies for cutting screw-threads, and this carrier is in the form of a rotary turret provided with any desired number of diespindlrs 93, two such die-spindles being shown in the drawings. The turret 92 is mounted for rotation in a concave recess formed in the bed-plate 83, the cap 94 being secured to the plate above the turret to form a housing for the same. i

In the construction shown the die-spindles 93 are mounted to be moved longitudinally in the turret 92 for the purpose of advancing and retracting the dies carried by said spindles, but if desired, instead of having the diespindles longitudinally movable in the turret 92, said turret itself may be advanced and retracted for the purpose of advancing and retracting thedies. So also in the construction shown the two die-spindies 93 are connected together, and so that both of said spindles will be advanced and retracted simultaneously, but if desired, instead of having the two die-spindles thus connected, a construct-ion may be employed by means of which the two die-spindles may be. advanced and retracted separately instead of simultaneously. The means for thus advancing and retracting the die-spindles are as follows: The turret 92 is provided with a hollow axial projection 95 on which is mounted the sliding collar 96 provided with an annular flange 97, to which flange the ends of the die-spindles are connected in any suitable manner, and so that a longitudinal movement of the collar 96 will be accompanied by a corresponding longitudinal movement of both of the diespindles. The collar 96 is provided with a groove to receive a fork 98 adjustably secured to a rod 99. This rod 99 is mounted to reciprocate in bearings 100, and is provided with a rack 101 adapted to be engaged by a segment-gear 102 formed on the end of a lever 1.03 pivoted at 104. The lower end of said lever is provided with a roll 105 adapted to be engaged by the advancing cams 106 and the retracting cams 106 on the cam-drum 90. i

The die-spindle is advanced to bring the die into engagement with the rod to be threaded by means of the cam' 106 acting upon the lever 103 through the rod 99 and the connections from said rod to the diespindle; It is preferred to provide means for positively starting the die on to the work, and then to allow the die to be drawn on to the work solely by its own lead, and the cam 106 is so shaped and the construction is such as to roduce these results. Thus the cam 106 15 providedwith two angular faces 106 and 106" preferably of di; erent inclinations. The angular face 106 serves to advance the die-spindle so as ,to bring the die in contact with the end of the rod to be threaded and then the incline 106, which is comparatively short, serves to positively start the die on to the rod. When the die has thus been started on, the further advancing movement of the die will be controlled solely by the lead of the die itself, and the cam 106 will have no further efl'ect thereon, the roll on the lower end of the lever 103 having at this time passed away from said cam, the die being, with the construction shown, what is termed a floating die, that is, the die, together with its spindle being free to move lengthwise under the action .of the lead of the die on the rod which is being threaded.

By making the fork 98 adjustable on the rod 99 the threading of screws of differentlengths may be provided for without changing the can; 106. Thus to whatever extent the rod may project from its chuck, the distance between the position of the die before it begins to advance and the end of the rod may be made always the same by simply adjusting the fork 98 along the rod 99, so as to bring the die at the required distance from the end of the rod, this distance being the distance which the die will be advanced by the incline 106 on the cam 106.

The means for indexing the die-spindle turret are as follows: The turretis provided with a gear 107 which .is engaged by a gear 108 secured to an intermittently rotating shaft 109. The shaft 109 is connected by bevel-gears 1-10 with a shaft 111, which shaft is connected by bevel-gears 112 with a-shaft 113 on which is mounted a sliding clutch-member 114 adapted to engage a clutch-member 115 formed on the gear 116, which is loosely mounted on the shaft 113. The gear 116 meshes with a gear 117 mounted on the shaft 40. Said shaft 40 is continuously rotated by mechanism to be hereafter described.

The means for controlling the operation .of the sliding clutch member 114, and thus controlling the indexing of the die- "spindle turret, constitutes one of the features .of the present invention and will be hereafter described.

It will be understood that suitable means are employed for locking and unlocking the die-spindle turret, such, for example, as the mechanism shown and described inmy pending application referred to, but assuch means form no part of the ing shaft 119, and the present invention, the same has not been fully shown in the drawings and need not be described.

Before describing the means for rotating the die-spindle it will be convenient to describe the general organization of the machine with respect to the several operating mechanisms and the several trains of mechanism for operating the different parts of the machine.

The present machine is provided with a single driving pulley and driving shaft,

which single driving shaft has a constant speed, and from which single shaft power is taken for operating all of the several mechanisms which go to make u the complete machine. From said sing e constant speed driving shaft lead three separate trains of mechanism, one to the workspindles, another to the cam-shaft, and a third to the die-spindles. These several separate trains of mechanism will now be described.

Referrin to Figs. ,,,1, 2, 5, and 6, 118 is the driving pu l ley which, as shown, is a single faced pulley. In the particular construction shown the constant s eed driving shaft is in the form of a hol ow sleeve 119 to which the pulley 118 is secured, and which.

sleeve is mounted in a bearin 120 in the frame of the machine. Passing through said sleeve 119 is a shaft 121, which in the construction shown rotates with the sleeve or driving shaft 119. Loosely mounted on said shaft 121 are three gears, viz., gear 122, gear 123, and a double gear or quill-gear 124, 125, said quill-gear being mounted in a bearin 126, and the gear 123 being mounted on an secured to the hub of said quill-gear. The gear 122 forms a part of the train of gearing leading to the work-s indles, the gear 123, being a sprocket-gear, orms a part of the train of gearing leading to the camshaft; and the quill gear 124, 125, forms a part of the train of gearing leading to the die-spindles. The gear 122 is provided on each side with clutch-teeth, the clutch-teeth on one side engaging corresponding clutchteeth upon the inner end of the sleeve or driving shaft 119, and the clutch-teeth upon the opposite side of said gear en aging corresponding clutch-teeth on the a jacent face of the hub of the quill-gear 124 125*, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. By this construction the gear 122 is rotated byitS clutch engagement with the sleeve or drivear 123 and quillgear 124, 125 are rotated by the clutch engagement of the gear 122 with the hub of said quill-gear. The gear 122 engages the gear 10 on the shaft 8, which extends axi- 3 quill-gear to unclutch the gear 134 from the ally through the work-spindle turret. The purpose of the clutch construction above described is to permit the removal of the gear 122 and the substitution of a gear of a different size in its place, the gear 10 being also removable from its shaft, and so that said gears 122 and 10 thus constitute a pair of change gears, by the changing of which the speed 0 the work-spindles may be chan ed.

In the construction shown the remova of the gear 122 and the substitution of another gear therefor is effected as follows: The shaft 121, as shown in Fig. 6, is connected with the quill-gear 124, 125, by being screwed into the end of the hub of said quillgear, the outer end of said shaft being r0- vided with a squared head for the appiication of a wrench. By unscrewing the shaft 12] from the hub of the quill-gear said shaft may be withdrawn to a sufiicient extent to permit the removal of the gear 122, which said gear is supported solely by said shaft. In the drawings a lock-nut 127 is shown, which of course is to be removed when the shaft 121 is to be thus partially withdrawn.

It will be understood that the detail construction above described is not essential, but merely constitutes one construction for providing change gears in the work-spindle train, an it will be further understood that any other suitable construction may be employed in lace thereof. It will also be understood t at, in case it should not be desired to have change gears in the workspindle train, the sleeve 119 may be omitted and the driving pulley 118, as well as the several gears referred to, may be secured directly to the shaft 121.

The train of earing leading from the constant speed riving shaft 119 to the cam-shaft 91 will next be described. The sprocket-gear 123 is connected by a chain 128 with a sprocket-gear 129 secured'to a sleeve 130 mounted to revolve on a fixed stud. Secured to the sleeve 130 is a gear 131 which meshes with a gear 132 secured to a shaft 133 (Fig. 5). Said gear 132 is provided with a clutch-face. Loosely mounted on the shaft 133 is a double' gear or quill-gear 134, 135, the gear 134 being provided with a clutch-face adapted to engage the clutch-face on the gear 132. The gear 135 engages a gear 136 secured to the shaft 40 hereinbefore referred to and through which gears said shaft 40 is continuously driven. The quill-gear 134, 135 is provided with a flanged groove 137 adaptedv to be engaged by a fork 138 secured to a sliding rod 139. Said sliding rod is engaged by a rock-arm 140 carried by the shaft 141, which said shaft extends across the machine and is provided at its front end with a hand lever 142 by means of which the quill-gear 134, 135 may be shifted by hand. It will be understood that by shifting the gear 132 the continuously rotating shaft 40 and the cam-shaft 91 ,will be disconnected fr om the constant speed driving shaft, and

. crosswise of the machine, as shown in c that thus all the parts of the machine, except the work-spindles and the die-spindles, will be stopped.

It is desirable that the cam-shaft 91 shall be operated at two different speeds, andthat the change from one speed to the other shall be automatically effected. In the present construction means are also provided for changing the speed of said cam-shaft 91 by hand by means of change gears. The means provided for thus automatically changing the speed of said cam-shaft. 91 will now be described. Secured to said shaft is a wormwheel 143 which engages a'worm 144 on the shaft 145; Secured to said shaft 145 is a bevel-gear 146 which meshes with a bevelgear 147 on the shaft148. Secured to said shaft 148 adjacent to the bevel-gear 147 is a spur-gear 149 which meshes with a spurgear 150 loosely mounted" on the shaft 151. The car 150 is rovided on one side with a clutc -member 152 adapted to en age the clutch member 153 secured to said s aft 151, and said gear is provided on its opposite side with a clutch-member 154 adapted to engage'a clutch-member 155 secured to a gear 156 loosely mounted on said shaft 151. Said gear 156 meshes with the gear 134 of the quill-gear above referred to. whereby a. constant fast speed is given to the clutch mem ber- 155. The clutch-member 153, as above stated, is fast on the shaft 151, to which shaftis secured a gear 157. Said gear 157 meshes with a gear 158 secured to a sleeve mounted on an intermediate stud 159. Secured to the same sleeve is another gear 160 which meshes with a gear 161 on the shaft 40. The gearing through which the shaft 151 is; connected to the quill-gear 134, 135 IS such'as to'give a relatively slow speedto thecl'utch member 153, and as the gears 157, 1'58, 160, and 161 are all chan e gears, the slow speed of said clutch member 153 may, by changing said gears, be varied at will. As will be seen, therefore, a-constant fast speed is given to the clutch-member 155, andconsequent the cam-shaft 91 will be rofated at a ast speed or at the varying slow speed, according as the gear 150 and the c utches carried thereby are shifted in one direction or the other. For shifting the gear 150 and its clutch members a rock-shaft 162 is mounted in suitable bearings, which rock-shaft extends 3, and carries at one ,end the fork 163 whi engagesa suitable groove in the hub of the gear 150 and' is provided at the other end with a rock-arm 164. A link 165 connects the rock-arm 164 with an arm 166 loosely pivoted ona stud 167. Loosely piv'oted on said stud 167 is a double armed lever 168, one arm 169 of which carries the roll 170 arranged to be acted upon by the wedge-- shaped head-171 of a spring-pressed plunger 172. The arm 169 of the lever 168 is connected with the pivoted arm 166 by a connection in which a certain amount of lost motion is provided. The other arm 173 of the lever 168 carries a tubular support 174 in which is mounted a spring-pressed rod, which is provided at one end with a knob 175 and at the other end with avroll 176 arranged to be engaged by cams 177- on the cam-wheel 178 secured to the shaft 91. The spring of the spring-pressed rod referred to acts to keep the roll 176 normally in the path of the cams 177, but by pulling said rod outward the roll may be withdrawn out of the path of said cam. With this construction, as will be seen, the gear 150 and the clutches carried thereby will be shifted at the proper time, first in one direction and then in the other, by the action of the spring-pressed plunger 172 when the proper ca'm 177 has moved the roll 170 past the apexof the wedge-shaped head 171 of said plunger in one direction or the other, thereby giving to the shaft 91 a fast and a slowspeed alternately.

It will he understood that the construction is such that the shaft 91 is revolved at the slow speed during the time it is operating to advance the several tool-carriers to be hereafter referred to, and is revolved at the fast speed during the time it is operating to retract said tool-carriers.

Suitable means are employed for moving the gear 150 and the clutches carried thereby out of engagement with both of the fellow clutch members and for locking the same out of engagement, but as such means form no part of the present invention, they have not been fully shown in the drawings and need not be described.

The train of gearing leading from the constant speed driving shaft 119 to the diespindlcs for rotating said diespindles will next be described. In the construct-ion shown means are provided for rotating the die-spindles at two different speeds in the same direction and for rotating said diespindles at a third speed in the opposite d1- r'ection, and means are also provided for holding the'die-spindles against rotation.

Referring to Figs. 6 and 7, the train of mechanism for rotating the die-spindles leads off from the quill-gear 124, 125, which is directly rotated by the constant speed driving shaft 119, as above described. In the operation of the machine herein shown the die-spindles are rotated both during the threading and unthreading operations and in the same direction, and are so rotated in the same direction that the work rotates, said die-spindles being rotated at a slower speed than the work for threading, and being rotated at a faster speed than the work for unthreading. It will be understood, however, that by properly changing the with the gearing other methods of threading may be employed.

Engaging with the car 124 of the quill gear 1s a gear 179 loose y mounted on a stationary shaft 180 which in the construction shown is in the form of a sleeve secured to a second stationary shaft 181. Engaging gear 125 of said quill gear is a gear 182 ikewise loosely mounted on the stationary sleeve or shaft 180. Each of the ears 179 and 182 is, provided with a clutch ace, as shown, and loosely 'mounted on said sleeve or shaft 180 intermediate said gears is a sliding clutch member 183 provided with clutch faces adapted to engage the clutch faces on the gears 179 and 182, respectively. Secured to or formed integral with said sliding clutch member is a gear 184 which engages a gear 185 secured to a shaft 186 mounted in suitable bearings. Secured to said shaft 186 is a gear 187 which meshes with a gear 188 onthe shaft 189 which extends axially of the die-spindle turret. Said shaft 189 is provided with an elongated gear 190. Each of the die-spindles 93 is provided with a'gear 191, which gears engage the elongated gear 190 on the shaft 189.

With the construction above described it will be seen that the die-spindles are rotated direct from the constant speed driving shaft 119. By making the gears 124 and 125 of different sizes and the gears 179 and 182 of correspondingly different sizes, it will be seen that when the clutch member 183 is in engagement with the gear 182 the die-spindles will be rotated at one speed, and when said clutch member is in engagement with the gear 179 the die-spindles will be rotated at another speed. In the construction shown, when said clutch member is in engagement with the gear 182, the die-spindles will be rotated at a slower speed than the work-spindles for threading, and when said clutch member is in engagement with the gear 179 the die-spindles Wlll be rotated at a faster speed than the work-spindles for unthreading.

As the driving shaft 119 is a constant speed drivin *shaft, it is desirable to provlde means or changing the speed of the work-spindles, and in the construction shown such means has been provided by the change gears 122 and 10, as hereinbefore explained. When the speed of the work-spindles is changed by changing the change gears referre to, it is desirableto correspondingly change the speed of the diespindles, and for this purpose the gears 187 and 188 in the die-spindle train are change gears, as shown in Fig. 6, by the changing of which gears the speed of the die-spindles may be maintained in proper ratio to the speed of the work-spindles for threading and unthreading.

It will be further seen that with the construction shown changes in the speed of the die-spindles by the change-gears referred to to correspond with chan es of speed of the work-spindles are efi'ecte without changing the speed of the sliding clutch member 183, which is therefore likewise rotated at its normal slow and fast speeds, respectively, and thespeed of which is consequently always kept within suitable limits to permit the ready engagement of the clutch faces when said clutch member is shifted.

It is sometimes desirable to rotate the diespindles in the reverse direction, either at the same or at a different speed, and for this purpose an intermediate gear 192 is provided which engages the gear 187, said gear 192 being mounted in a swinging arm 193 arranged to swing about theshaft 186 so that said gear 192 may be thrown into or out of engagement with the gear 188 which in this case is substituted for the gear 188, as shown in Fig. 7.

As heretofore explained, in the construction shown the die-spindle is rotated at its slow speed in cutting the thread and is rotated at its higher speed in running ofl the die. It will be understood, therefore, that the shifting of the clutch member 183 to change the speed of the die from a low to a high speed is to be made when the cutting of the thread has been completed, and it will be further understood, therefore, that the length of the thread will be determined by the time of the shifting of said clutch member in the direction to change from the low speed to the hi h speed. The mechanism for shifting sai clutch member 183 is of such character that the shifting of said clutch member to change from the low speed to the-high speed is effected or controlled, not by an independently operated cam, but by the lengthwlse movement of the die-spindle itself, and with such mechanism, therefore, the length of the thread may be accurately determined and uniformly maintained, because the lengthwise movement of the die in cutting the thread controls the change of speed of the die to effect the running ofi' thereof.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 10, and 11, the hub of the clutch member 183 is provided with a groove to receive a shifter-fork 194 carried by the sliding rod 195, which rod is provided with a sleeve 196 secured thereto, said "sleeve having shoulders 197, 198. shifting lever 199 carried by a rock-shaft 200 has its upper end arranged to lie between the shoulders 197, 198. Said rockshaft- 200 extends across the machine, as shown in Fig. 3, and secured to the opposite end of said rock-shaft is an arm or lever 201 carrying at its lower end a roll (not shown but corresponding to the roll 1T6) arranged to be acted upon by cams 202 on be effected by the cam-wheel 203 carried by the shaft 91. Arranged below the lower end of said lever 201 is a springressed plunger 204 provided with a wedge-s aped head 205 adapted to engage the roll 206 carried by the lower end of said lever. With t 1s construction the actual shifting of the cl tch member 183 is effected in both directions, not by the can-1's 202, but by the spring-pressed plunger 204, and the primary purpose of such springressed plunger is to shift said clutch memer more quickly than could be done by the cams. 1th the present construction the employment of the spring-pressed plunger serves a further and important purpose in enabling the shifting of said clutch member to be controlled by the lengthwise movement of the die-spindle, for the reason that when such spring-pressed plunger is employed for shlfting the clutch, said plunger may be moved by the cam to a position to put its spring under tension, but not sufficiently far to shift the clutch, and may then be latched in this position so that the actual shifting of the clutch, will be controlled by the unlatching of said plunger, which unlatching may in turn be controlled by the lengthwise movement of the die-spindle, whereby the chan e of speed of the diespindle will be e ected or controlled, and the length of the thread will be thus determined, by the lengthwise movement of the die itself in cutting the thread. Inasmuch as this control of the shifting of the clutch bv the lengthwise movement of the die-spindle is important only in changing the speed of the die-spindle from the low speed to the high speed to stop the cutting of the thread and to effect the running off of the die, the latching of the spring pressed plunger in the manner referred to need only take place in connection with the shifting of the clutch to change from the low speed to the high speed, and the shifting of the clutch in the op osite direction to change from the high speed to the low speed may the spring pressed plunger immediately after the roll on the lever 201 has passed the apex of the wedge-shaped head of said spring-pressed plunger.

The mechanism for latching the spring pressed plunger in the manner above referred to and for controlling the shifting of the clutch in chan ing from the low speed to the high speed is as follows: Thesleeve 196 secured to the sliding carriage 195 is provided with an annular flange 207 adapted to be engaged by the notched arm 208 of a pivoted bell-crank lever, the other arm 209 of which lever extends upwardly as shown in Fig. 11. Adjustably secured on the rod 99 is a block 210 having a projecting arm 211 arranged in line with the upper end of the arm 209 on the bell-crank lever referred to. A spring 212 acts to keep the notched arm or latch 208 in engagement with the flange or collar 207. With this construction the operation is as follows:

Assumin the parts to be in the sition shown in igs. 10 and 11, and whic is the position which the parts occupy just before the cutting of the thread has been completed and after the cam 202 has acted to shift the lever 201, it will be seenthat the lever has been shifted by the cam only far enough to carry the roll 206 just past the apex of the wedgesshaped head 205 of the springpressed plunger. As will be seen, with the parts in the position shown, the springpressed plunger is prevented from shifting the lever any farther by reason of the engagement of the collar 207 with the latch 208, which latch so long as it remains in engagement with said collar serves to prcvent any further movement of the sliding rod 195. As now the die-spindle continues to advance in cutting the thread, the projection 211 on the block 210 carried by the rod 99 (which rod is connected to and moves with the die-spindle in its lengtlr wise movement) will be brought into eugagement with the upper end of the arm 209, and as the die-spmdle and rod 99 continue to advance said projection 211 will act to swing the arm 209 to the right in Fig. 11, thereby turning the bell-crank lever and moving the arm or latch 208 out of engagement with the collar 207, thereby releasing the sliding rod 195 and permitting the spring-pressed plunger to operate to move said rod so as to shift the clutch 183 and thus change the speed of the die-spindle from the slow speed to the fast speed, which will result in stopping the cutting of the thread and cause the running 011' of the'die to begin.

It will be noted that as the latch 208 is in engagement. with the collar 207 during the cutting of the thread the clutch 183 wi be positively held in engagement with the clutch-face on the gear 182 during such operation. It is desirable that during the running oil of the die the clutch 183 should 1 likewise be held positively in engagement with the clutch face on the gear 179, and means are provided for that u ose.

Pivoted to the frame is a at -lever 213 adapted to engage a shoulder on the sleeve 196, when the rod 195 has been shifted in thedirection to engage the clutch 183 with the gear 179. As will be seen, the rod 195 will be held in that position and the clutch members will be held in engagement as long as said latch 213 remains in engagement with the shoulder referred to. For the lp pose of disengaging said latch 213 the ever 199 is provided with a pin 214 to underlie the cam surface on said latch lever. When the lever 199 therefore 1s shifted in the opposite direction, the engagement of the pin 214 with said cam surface will serve to unlatch said latch-lever 213 to permit the shifting of the sliding rod 195.

It will be spindle noted that the distance between the shoull (lei-s 197 and 198 is such as to provide a certain amount of lost motion for the lever 199 to ermit the said lever to be operated by the cams 202.

In order to guard against the contingency that the spring-pressed plunger 20 1 may for any reason fail to act to shift the clutch 183 when permitted-to do so, additional means are )rovided for positively shifting said clutch. The adjustable block 210 is providcd with a projection 215 arranged in line with the upper end of a lever 216 pivoted to the frame, the opposite end of said lever being arranged to lie in the path of the collar 207 on the sliding rod 195, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 11. These )arts are so arranged that if the slidmg rod 195 is not shifted by the springpressed plunger the projection or arm 215 will by the advancing movement of the rod 99 be brought into engagement with the upper end of the lever 216, and the continued movement of said rod 99 will in such case, through the engagement of said lever 216 with the collar 207, positively shift the rod 195 and the clutch 183 0 erated thereby.

It will be noted that by adjusting the position of the block 210 on the rod 99 the time when the rod 195 is permitted to be shifted by the action of the spring-pressed plunger in changing from the slow speed to the fast speed may be varied with respect to the lengthwise position of the die-spindle, or in other words, that the shifting of said lever may be caused to take place at varying positions in the advance of the die-spindle, and so that different lengths of thread may be thereby provided for.

While in the construction shown and with the method of threading employed the advancmg movement of the die serves to determine the length of the thread to be cut by controlling the shifting of a clutch which changes the rotation of the die-spindle from one speed to another, this feature of having the length of the thread to be cut determined by the advancing movement of the die may be employed in connection with other methods of threading, as for instance, where the running off of the. die is effected by reversing the direction of rotation of either the work-spindle or the die, in which case the advancing movement of the die may serve to control the shifting of a clutch to effect such reversal in the direction of rotation.

In the present machine the indexing of the die-spindle turret is controlled, not by a cam on the cam-drum, but instead by the retracting movement of the die-spindle. The mechanism for thus controlling the indexing of the die-spindle turret will next he described. The indexing of the dieturret is effected by the engagement of the sliding clutch-member 114 with the clutch member 115 formed on the gear 116. The means for controlling the engagement of said clutch is as follows: Pivoted on the frame is a lever 217. Connected to one end of this lever is a connecting rod which, for a purpose to be hereafter described, oomprises two parts, 218, 219, these two parts being yieldingly connected together. The lower end of said connecting rod is pivotally connected to a lever 220 which carries the pin 221, which controls the release of the spring-actuated indexing clutch 114. The free end of the lever 217 is provided with a cam surface 222 adapted to be engaged by a corresponding cam surface 223 on a pivoted dog 224 pivoted to an extension 225 of the rack 101 carried by the rod 99. The pivoted dog 221 is free to turn to the left in Fig. 11. but is prevented from turning to the right by a lip or projection 226 on the extension 225, as shown in Fig. 11. As it may be desired at times, as for instance if it is desired that the die-spindle turret shall not be indexed, to turn the pivoted dog 224 to a position where it will not engage the lever 217, said dog is provided with a lip 227 adapted when the dog is turned up to engage a spring-latch 228 mounted in the extension 225.

The operation of the parts above described is as follows: Referring to Figs. 2 and 11, it will be understood that the diespindles are in their retracted position, and it will be seen that the cam surface 223 onthe pivoted dog 224 has passed bv the cam surface 222 on the lever 217. When now the die-spindles are advanced the projection on the pivoted dog will engage the projection on the lever 217, but as said dog is free to turn to the left, the dog will be so turned as the die-spindles advance and will thus pass by the projection on the lever. lVhen the dog is so passed by it will fall by gravity to its normal position, and so that the cam surface 223 will be brought in line with the cam surface 222. \Vhen now the die-spindles are retracted, as said di'espindles approach the point of their farthest retraction, the cam surface 223 will engage the cam surface 222, and as the pivoted dog is prevented from turning to the right, the en gagement of said cam surfaces as the retracting movement of the die-spindle coutinues will serve to depress the free end of the lever 217 and raise the opposite end of the lever and thereby through the connecting rod 218, 219, will serve to withdraw the pin 221 from engagement with the clutch-member 114, thereby releasing said clutch member and permitting the same to e thrown by the action of its spring into engagement with the clutch member 155, and thereby start the indexing of the diespindle turret. As will be understood, the time when said indexing clutch will be thus released by the retracting movement of the die-spindles will be governed or regulated with relation to the rearward movement of said die-spindles by changing the location of the pivoted do 224 with relation to the end of the lever 21%.

One object of controlling the indexing of the die-spindle turret by the retracting movement of the die-spindles is to insure that said turret shall not be indexed when the die-spindles are in their advanced position. If, however, no means were provided to prevent it, the lever 217 might be operated by hand at a time when the die-spindles were in their advanced position. Means, however, are provided to prevent said lever from being thus operated by hand at such time. For this purpose the free end of the lever 217 is provided with a pin 229 projecting laterally therefrom, and on the lever 103 is secured a block 230. The arrangement of said pin 229 and block 230 is such that when the die-spindles are in their advanced position said block will underlie said pin and thus prevent the downward movement of the free end of the lever 217, the parts thus constituting a lock for locking said lever against movement so long as the block 230 remains beneath the pin 229.

4 It is'possible that the machine may be stopped at a time when the locking pin 221 of the indexing clutch is withdrawn, at which time said pin rides on the flange of the clutch member 114. If with the parts in this position the operator should start to turn the main cam-shaft by hand, which would result in turning the lever 103, the end of the block 230 would strike against the pin 229, and if the end of said block were square, this would be likely to result in damaging some of the parts. To guard against this, the upper right hand end of the block 23!} is beveled at 231, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 11. With this construction, as will be seen, this beveled surface will strike the pin 229 and by reason of its bevel will operate by its engagement with said pin to raise the free end of the lever 217. This movement of said lever 217 is permitted by reason of the yielding action between the two parts 218 and 219 'of the connecting rod which connects said lever with the lever 220. The construction of said connecting rod is as follows: The part 218 is arranged to slide in a guide 232, as shown in Figs. 2 and 7, the connection between the parts 218 and 219 being provided with a certain amount of lost motion. As more fully shown in Fig. 12, the part 218 is slotted at its lower end to receive the end of the part 219 and so as to formtwo ears 233 through which the pi vot-pin 235 passes. Each of these cars is provided with an elongated slot 235. In said part 218 is bored a hole to receive a spring-pressed plunger acted upon by a spring 237, the lower end of which plunger bears against the upper end of'the part 219 and thus serves to firmly keep the pivot-pin 235 at the lower ends of the slots 235. If, however, the lever 103 should be moved so as to cause the bevel surface 231 on the block 230'to engage the pin' 229, the spring 237 will yield and thus permit the part 218 to move downward and likewise permitthe free end of the lever 217 to move upward, thereby preventing injury to any of the parts.

The next-feature of invention to be described relates to means whereby the feed lever will be automatically connected with each feed-tube in turn irrespective of the position which the feed-tube may occupy. The means whereby this is accomplished is as follows: As heretofore pointed out, each of the flanges 17 on the collar of the feedtube is beveled on its outer side. As shown in Fig. 9, the pin 20 is a spring-pressed pin, being acted upon by a spring 238 which abuts at one end against the shoulder on said pin and at the other end against a collar 239, and so that said pin is thus capable of yielding. Preferably the inner end of the pin is provided with a friction roller 240. With this construction, as will be seen, if any one of the feed tubes should happen to be out of osition lengthwise, and so that the groove 17 was out of alinement with the pin 20, said feed tube will nevertheless be automatically picked up or engaged by the feed-lever 18. Thus as the feed-lever is operated the spring-pressed pin 20 will come in contact with one or the other of the bevel flanges 17", and by reason of the bevel of said flange will be depressed until th feedlever has moved to a position to bring said pin in line with the groove 17, when said pin will be immediately, by the action of its spring, projected into said groove and the lfeed-tube therebyconnected with the feedever.

Adjustably secured on a rod or bar 241 projecting from the frame is an annular guide 242 located at the rear of the feedtube, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. Said annular guide 242 not only serves as a guard to protect the rear ends of the feed-tubes, but is also preferablyso adjusted in position as to serve as a guide to limit the rearward movement of the feed-tubes by hand, and so that said feed-tubes may not be moved so far to the rear that they will not be automatically engaged by the feed-lever in the manner above described. Moreover if the pin 20 of the feed-lever at any time happens to be in advance of the collar on the feed-tube, when said pin in the rearward 

